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Madrid deliberately and publicly moved away from signing older players for big fees years ago, no way Madrid bid 90m for a 31 year old. Some of the papers publish any old shite

They’ll go through the books separately, but Anderson and the Greek were in effect a swap plus cash deal. Chelsea have done them too. If someone like Everton or Nottingham are up against PSR in June there could be another swap - maybe the Greek fella fancies a new club

FIFA have always been envious of UEFA basically controlling elite club football through the CL, this is just a greedy attempt to get even more money. Really the European clubs should have shot this down to protect their players

Isn’t the issue that this isn’t possible unless the PSR situation has changed really massively - if you sign an established CB and RW (so 100m odd) then you can’t get the other 3. The choice is do you want 2-3 established players but run a thin squad, or take a chance on 5 more unproven players but bulk out the squad for Europe

Bruce has always had loads of mates in the media, how he’s been allowed to fail over and over against so successfully.

Qualify for the CL and the only risks are Bayern, PSG, Madrid, Barca, Man City and maybe Liverpool. A good few of those aren’t interested in a striker this summer. Man Utd and Arsenal are utterly deluded. Arsenal fans don’t seem to realise they’ve blown it, Man City will be back next year and they’ll be back to 3rd /4th. Man Utd it’s not even worth commenting on. Liverpool probably need a striker but if they also need a RB, CB and LW they won’t be able to afford Isak. Get CL and it should be ok for another year at least.

Honestly some people are just addicted to misery. Finally win a cup and its terrible as the club are arranging the wrong type of celebration? You don’t have to go if you don’t want to

I suspect the £100m comment is right, so it’ll be 3 first teamers in, CB, RW and by the sounds of it GK. I think the squad is v light at CM and at ST. Willock and Longstaff cannot really be sold without replacements. But these might be the risks that have to be ran its a shame there doesn’t appear to be any pipeline of players from the academy who could do a job for a 4 game stretch in an emergency, the way Liverpool, arsenal, city and Chelsea always seem to have someone for that

Worse for the players, some of them could have reached much higher levels with actual coaching, especially the younger ones. Bruce is a twat

The dry bit will probably be from the council, the council would have to license any booze sales

I thought he did very well. Surprised by comments that he drifted in/out as I thought he was busy and very involved in the attacking play. If he does well against Brentford he will keep the starting spot - that is how Howe has tended to work in the past - if you’re playing well you keep the spot.

Of all the reasons not to want a player I’d put being too professional and not agitating for a move down the list. I’d take Guehi at a sensible price - however Palace will probably hold out for something silly, if so best to leave it be

Agree with the posters about the Europa League. That would be a great competition to have a real go at and some fun sides. whereas realistically in the CL you might get some great games but ultimately are only in it to make up the numbers, until Real inevitably win it. However the money and the players desire for CL football mean that has to be the target. I’d be a bit disappointed with the Conference.

Am lucky enough to have been there today. The emotion when the ball hit the back of the net and then at full time was indescribable. Funny change from 2023, in the pubs after that there were songs and chants, and deep conversations on tactics and moments - today afterwards was much quieter - just people beaming. Defeat has a million causes to discuss, whereas winning, we won, so much less to say The only cloud is I bloody wish they’d beaten Brighton in the fa cup even more now.

The mornings before are such dead time ! I know some will get on the drink but I’m way too old for that - I’d sleep through the game. Back in 98 I went to the British museum, and wasn’t the only toon fan in there.

no “going up”? Bunch of philistines

These are the 4 that we need to do the business

Devils advocate on Henderson is the squad looked miserable at the euros so maybe he’s basically there as a senior pro. Theres always a few players in the squad who never play or only get 5 mins at the end. Big question for me is what is he going to do with Foden, Bellingham, Kane and Palmer. I think you struggle to fit any two of them together, never mind 4. And if he’s going for Kane then he needs to put pace in behind - Gordon one side and someone else RW, and that only leaves midfield slots for the others. Is he going to make the big calls that Southgate ducked

There’s always touts selling outside the ground so I guess they flog them there, and are seasoned enough to know at what time to cut their prices

Yeah I’d hold off lolling about penalty failures until after the match

I think this is only true to a certain extent. Players want to win trophies, and the narrative around Newcastle will be “go there and you’ll never win anything”. That has to change if you want to attract and retain the best players The example to avoid is Spurs, who everyone would agree are the bottom of the big six pack, despite being financially competitive and having years in the CL, as the others actually win things.

Makes the CL more interesting, if Real Madrid can be despatched tomorrow be a fun next round. I doubt playing 120 mins on a Tuesday will impact Liverpool on Sunday mind.

League position is now on a knife edge, cock up the next few games and could be down at 8th or 9th, recover a run of form and CL is achievable…it is hard to be confident at the moment though

It’s sensible that the club have succession plans for all players. I hope isaks succession plan isn’t needed for a few years yet

Schar has played 41, 47 and 30 (so far) games last 3 seasons. If Wilson had that sort of availability giving him a new contract would also be a done deal.